Mary Tudor has gone down in history as the Catholic tyrant "Bloody Mary." There’s certainly cause for such a brutal nickname: she executed hundreds of Protestants during her short reign.

But there were only two executions for heresy in this reign. The Catholic Mary Tudor came to the throne in 1553 after a brief attempt by the Protestants to have Lady Jane Grey crowned Queen.

The wreck of the Mary Rose was located in 1971 and was raised in 1982. The remains of the ship included a wealth of Tudor artefacts including weapons, maritime equipment, personal items belonging ...